Street-sprinkling device.



S. McCUTOHEON.

STREET SPRINKLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

1,076,594, 1 Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOQRAPH CO., WASHINGTON, n. c.

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STEWART MCCUTCHEON, OF SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.

STREET-SPBINKLING DEVICE.

Application filed August 21, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEWART McCUrcH- non, acitizen of the United States, residing at Superior, in the county ofDouglas and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Street- Sprinkling Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in street sprinkling devices, andthe object is to provide a pipe having perforations therein at thehighest point of the road bed in such a manner that water passingthrough the openings will wash the road surface, and at the same timemoisten it to take the place of the ordinary sprinkler.

A further object is to provide a device of the character described,which is inexpensive to install, and which when installed is held in thebed of the road, and at the same time protected from traflic.

The invention still further consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectionthrough the pipe and guard-plate showing them in position in the street,Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the pipe, Fig. 8 is a top plan view of theguard plate, and Fig. 4: is a transverse vertical section of a road bedshowing the position at which the device would be mounted therein.

A, represents a pipe of ordinary construction. This pipe on an ordinaryroad would be probably four inches (4) in diameter, although the sizemight vary as require ments demanded.

Two rows of openings 1, 1, are formed in the upper wall of the pipe, andthese rows are preferably staggered, as shown in Fig. 2. Pipe A ismounted in the bed of the road preferably at the highest point, in sucha manner that that portion of the wall having the holes thereinproject-s about one-half of an inch (-5 above the surface of the roadbed, and the pipe will be held by reason of the bed being compactedtherearound. As a further means of protecting the pipe, the guard-plateB is provided; this is made from sheet metal bent so as to Specificationof Letters Fatent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 645,133.

fit closely against the projecting upper part of the pipe, and is heldin place by countersunk set screws 52, passing through the holes 3,which are provided at intervals along the guard-plate. A row of openings4 is formed on each edge of the guard-plate, and these rows arestaggered in the same manner as the rows in the pipe, so that they willbe in alinement with the openings formed in the pipe, and to all intentsand purposes when the guard-plate is secured to the pipe, each pair ofregistering openings will be one continuous bore. The projecting edges5, 5, of the guard-plate rest upon the surface of the road bed and forma further support for the pipe.

In operation the pipe A is connected to any suitable source of watersupply, which may be a hydrant, or even a water-main, and the water isturned in pipe A. As the pipe fills, the water will pass out throughopenings 1 and A in the pipe and guard respectively, and flow down overthe surface of the road bed to the gutters, as indicated by the arrowsin Figs. 1 and 4, from whence it would pass into the sewers and becarried away. In this manner, it will be seen that I have provided adevice which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, being composed ofan ordinary iron pipe and a sheet metal guard-plate, and one which issupported against being forced into and also from being withdrawnaccidentally from the road bed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A street sprinkling and flushing device, composed of a pipe circularin transverse section having openings through the wall thereof as anoutlet for the water, a guard plate for protecting the pipe, said guardplate having projecting edges constructed to rest on the surface of thestreet, and means for securing the guard to the pipe after the pipe hasbeen laid in the road bed.

2. A street sprinkling and flushing device composed of a pipe circularin transverse section having openings therethrough, a guard-plate shapedto fit over the upper circumference of the pipe, said guard-plateprovided with openings adapted to register with the openings in the pipeand having projecting edges constructed to rest on the In testimonywhereof I afiix my signar surface of the street, and means forsecurture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ing the guard-plate t0 the ipe after the pipe has been laid in such 21manner that STEWART MCOUTOHEON' 5 the pipe is supported by theguard-plate and Witnesses:

is held from being pressed into the road- PHIL. H. PERKINs,

bed. KATE. MUNGAVIN.

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